Why aren't there electric airplanes yet?
- Written by Venkat Viswanathan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Building an electric airplane is very different from building an electric car or truck.Venkat Viswanathan, CC BY-NDAs electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on U.S. highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? There are a number of ambitious efforts to build electric-powered airplanes,...
